SCHDAVZ@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Dave Schweisguth) (06/19/91)
I have here some very sticky keypad keys, and my telecomputing is going to heck. Can one remove the keycaps without destroying the keys? Come on, open up and share those personal experiences! Thanks, _____________________________________________________________________________ / \ | Dave Schweisguth 5386 Yale Station 203-436-2694 | | schdavz@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu New Haven, CT 06502-5386 | | | | "When one has much to put into them, a day has a hundred pockets." | | -- Friedrich Nietzsche | \_____________________________________________________________________________/
mock@iris.ucdavis.edu (Kenrick J. Mock) (06/19/91)
Sure, you can just pry off all the keys with a little screwdriver.
You will want to be careful with the larger keys like spacebar,
enter, shift, zero (on the keypad), etc. These larger keys have a
little spring behind it. If you pry them off, it can be tricky
putting the key back on. The other keys are easy, just press them in.
So, if you are just cleaning, you might want to leave the big keys
inside just take out the little ones.
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GEnie : K.MOCK Net : mock@iris.ucdavis.edu, mock@alderon.lanl.govMQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET (06/20/91)
On Tue, 18 Jun 1991 21:05:40 GMT Dave Schweisguth said: >I have here some very sticky keypad keys, and my telecomputing is going to >heck. Can one remove the keycaps without destroying the keys? Come on, open up >and share those personal experiences! Yes you can. Just pull them straight up, using some caution. It's -MUCH- easier if you open the keyboard first though :) >| Dave Schweisguth 5386 Yale Station 203-436-2694 | >| schdavz@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu New Haven, CT 06502-5386 | >| -- Friedrich Nietzsche | P.S. You might want to make the lines in your .sig a couple of columns shorter so they fit into quotes :) ---------------------------------------- BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm <------------send files here pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com
asong@pro-nbs.cts.com (Andi Song) (06/20/91)
In-Reply-To: message from SCHDAVZ@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu
Yes they are. Just use a blade or screwdriver to pry up the plastic
key cap and you'll see a small black post sticking up which is the "real"
key. If you open up a large key, like TAB or SHIFT or RETURN, there is a u-
shaped metal thingy, the thickness of a paper clip, which you must remember
to put into the white plastic holders on the key cap.
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ARPA: crash!pro-nbs!asong@nosc.milavery@netcom.COM (Avery Colter) (06/24/91)
SCHDAVZ@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Dave Schweisguth) writes: >I have here some very sticky keypad keys, and my telecomputing is going to >heck. Can one remove the keycaps without destroying the keys? Come on, open up >and share those personal experiences! YES!!!!! Recently, one of my shift keys was not working at all. I took some screwdrivers opened up the keyboard, and took a peek. Now how did I do this exactly... it can't be that hard, because I got a new keyswitch from the Used Computer Store, whipped out my soldering iron, and put the new one in. I think it's just a matter of desoldering the contacts the keyswitch occupies, pulling it out through the front of the keyboard, putting the new one in thru the front, and resoldering. -- ^ ^ Avery Ray Colter /^\___/^\ avery@netcom.netcom.com {apple|claris}!netcom!avery ( o _ o ) "Chbby Chsr" on America Online \ /v\ / 71067.606@compuserve.com (415) 839-4567 \_*-*_/ `-' "Ich liebe die beleibten Leiber... ELFCAT! und hu:pfende Hu:fte habe ich gern." ;)